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The New Jersey Devils will opt not to forfeit their 2012 first-round pick. The club faced a 5pm et deadline on Tuesday to inform the NHL if they were going to give up this years first-round pick as a penalty for signing Ilya Kovalchuk two summers ago, a move the league ruled as an attempt to circumvent the salary cap. The league allowed the Devils to decide which year they would give up the pick - from 2011-2014 with notification due the day after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Final. The Devils also had to surrender a third-round pick in 2011 and were fined $3 million. The Devils sit at No. 29 in this years draft order. The 2012 NHL Draft goes from June 22-23 and TSN has you covered from the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. Watch day one from the Draft on TSN beginning at 7pm et/4pm pt. Also, as part of TSNs countdown to the Draft, Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie will release his draft ranking on TSN, Monday at 7pm et/4pm pt. And dont miss the Countdown to Draft live on TSN, Thursday, June 21 at 7pm et/4pm pt. Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys From China . It is an inexact science that has left many fans frustrated and wondering why they cant settle it on the field -- like every other sport -- with a playoff. Wholesale NFL Jerseys From China . But once the longtime kicker stepped inside Clevelands jubilant locker room there was no doubt. As players hugged in celebration, incoming owner Jimmy Haslam III beamed while shaking hands with many players who had never felt the joy of winning an NFL game. http://hipstervancouver.com/ . Among those assigned to the AHLs Adirondack Phantoms were forwards Sean Couturier and Brayden Schenn. Drafted 11th overall by the Flyers in 2011, Couturier played 77 regular season and 11 playoff games in Philadelphia as a 19-year-old.Its the last Grand Slam of the year and Canadas Sports Leader has more than 130 hours of the U.S. OPEN. Coverage airs Monday, August 27-September 9 from the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. on TSN, TSN2 and TSN MOBILE TV (see complete schedule below). TSNs exclusive live coverage of the U.S. OPEN includes both the mens and womens early round matches, round of 16, quarter-finals, semifinals and finals. World No. 1 and five-time U.S. OPEN singles champion Roger Federer is coming off his Wimbledon title and London 2012 Olympic silver medal to take to the court. Federer is seeking his sixth U.S.OPEN title, which would surpass Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors for most U.S. OPEN mens single titles in the Open era. Joining him is Canadian Milos Raonic who achieved a personal best – and the highest Canadian ranking ever at No. 16 – by reaching the quarterfinals at the Western and Southern Open last week. Other top competitors include U.S. OPEN champion Novak Djokovic, who is on a high after winning this years Rogers Cup along with London 2012 Olympic Gold Medallist Andy Murray of Great Britain. In the womens field, three-time U.S. OPEN champion Kim Clijsters will make her final appearance after announcing her plan on retiring at the end of the season. World No. 1-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus is seeking her second major title and bookending the Grand Slam season after winning the Australian Open in January. Russias Maria Sharapova is looking to end her season on a high, after capturing the career Grand Slam with her French Open win this season. Serena Williams is building off her Wimbledon win and impressive double gold medal performance at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Highest-ranked Canadian female Aleksandra Wozniak will battle the top seeds in hopes of winning her first ever U.S. OPEN title. TSN.ca will have bonus coverage of select matches daily throughout the tournament. The U.S. OPEN is part of TSN, TSN2 and TSN MOBILE TVs tennis broadcast schedule that consists of all four Grand Slam tournaments. TSN and TSN2s 2012 U.S Open live broadcast schedule is as follows (all times ET):• Monday, August 27 – Mens && Womens 1st Round, on 1 p.ddddddddddddm. TSN• Monday, August 27 – Mens & Womens 1st Round,  on 7 p.m. TSN2• Tuesday, August 28 – Mens & Womens 1st Round,  on 1 p.m. TSN• Tuesday, August 28 – Mens & Womens 1st Round, on 7 p.m. TSN• Wednesday, August 29 – Mens 1st Round & Womens 2nd  Round, 1 p.m. on TSN• Wednesday August 29 – Mens 1st Round & Womens 2nd  Round,  7 p.m. on TSN• Thursday, August 30 – Mens & Womens 2nd  Round, 1 p.m. on TSN• Thursday, August 30 – Mens & Womens 2nd  Round, 7 p.m.  on TSN• Friday, August 31 – Mens 2nd Round & Womens 3rd Round, 1 p.m. on TSN • Friday, August 31 – Mens 2nd Round & Womens 3rd Round, 7 p.m. on TSN2 • Saturday, September 1 – Mens & Womens 3rd Round, 11 a.m. on TSN• Saturday, September 1 – Mens & Womens 3rd Round, 7 p.m. on TSN• Sunday, September 2 – Mens 3rd Round & Womens Round of 16, 11 a.m. on TSN2• Sunday, September 2 – Mens 3rd Round & Womens Round of 16, 7 p.m. on TSN2• Monday, September 3 – Round of 16, 11 a.m. on  TSN2• Monday September 3 –Round of 16,  7:30 p.m. on TSN• Tuesday,  September 4 – Mens Round 16 & Womens Quarterfinals, 11 a.m. on TSN • Tuesday,  September 4 – Mens Round 16 & Womens Quarterfinals, 7 p.m. on TSN • Wednesday,  September 5 – Quarterfinals, 12 p.m. on TSN• Wednesday, September 5 – Quarterfinals, 7 p.m. on TSN2• Thursday, September 6 – Mens Quarterfinals & Mixed Doubles Finals, 12 noon on TSN• Thursday, September 6 – Mens Quarterfinals, 8 p.m. on TSN• Friday, September 7 – Womens Semifinals, 12:30 p.m. on TSN• Saturday, September 8 – Mens Semifinals, 12 noon on TSN2• Saturday, September 8 – Womens Finals 8 p.m. on TSN2• Sunday, September 9 -  Mens Finals, 4 p.m. on TSN ' ' '